Lawn-sprinkler.



F. 6. woon. LAWN SPRINKLER.

APPLICATION f ILED MAR. 271 |916.

:as co., Imam uma.. wAsmmA l 1 FRANK G. WOOD, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

LAWN-SPRINKLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. I2, limiti.

Application filed March 27, 1916. Serial No, 86,894.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, FRANK G. Woon, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Lawn-Sprinklers, of which the following is a specification.

rIhis invention relates especially to a sprinkling attachment to be used upon lawns or in other like places.

It consists of a hollow receiving chamber, a hose coupling having an extension fitting the receiving chamber and turnable to form therewith a cock with openings by which the turning of the plug will discharge the water in different directions, and nozzles extending from the receiver and connecting respectively with the passages controlled by the plug, one of said nozzles having an adjustable distributing cone at its discharge end and the other forming a nozzle for a solid stream. IIhe turning of the coupling plug serves to divert the stream into either of the discharge nozzles.

In the present device I have shown my in* vention as applied to a form of apparatus, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation illustrating my device. Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the receiver, the plug and the nozzles. Fig. 3 is a section at right angles to Fig. 2.

My apparatus is especially designed to provide a means by which a solid stream of water or sprays of different forms may be diverted from a single supply device without the employment of supplemental cocks or attachments.

As shown in the drawing, A is a receiver having a hole 2 made through. it, and this hole receives a plug 3 which is formed as an extension of the coupling 4 which serves to connect the hose therewith. The plug has a discharge opening 8a made in it and the receiver has an opening 5 upon each side of the hole 2 in which the plug is turnable. 'One of these openings communicates'with a nozzle 6 which is adapted to discharge a solid stream. The other opening connects with a nozzle 7 which is provided with means to discharge a spray.

The hose coupling is turnable to a limited extent being controlled b v stops 8. so that, when turned in one direction, it will connect the discharge of the plug with one of the nozzles and, when turned in the other direction, it will connect with the other nozzle and close the first one, thus providing a simple means for changing the character of the discharge without the employment olI supplemental cocks.

The sprinkling nozzle consists of a stem 9 adapted to stand centrally in the tube of the nozzle and having radial supports l0, at the inner end, by which it is held centrally in the tube, leaving ample space around this stem for the passage of water. The upper end of this stem is screw-threaded and the distributer is correspondingly threaded and screwed upon its outer end eXteriorly to the end of the tube. @ne side of this distributer is made conical, as shown at l2, and when the distributer is screwed upon the stem, with the cone presented, the escape of the water impinging against this cone will throw it in an outwardly divergent cone as it leaves the nozzle. When the distributer is reversed upon the stem the opposite end having a segmental curve receives the water directly from the tube and causes a change of direction which will make a substantially horizontal spray around the sprinkler. By simply reversing this distributer I am, therefore, able to throw a wide horizontal spray around the device. or a spray discharging outwardly in the line of the nozzle and with an increasingl divergence. If a solid stream is required with more water to be thrown to a considerable distance, the coupling plug is turned so as to connect its opening with the other nozzle, thus closing the iirst one.

In order to conveniently7 support a sprinkling device of this kind, where used in a garden, a stem or spike 13, of considerable length, may be secured to the lower side of the receiver and can be pressed into the groundat any desired or convenient point. The change of the streams of water is easily effected by turning the coupling plug, as required.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is-w The combination in a water distributer, of a rectangular anchored base having a hole transversely through it, a hollow plug fitting and turnable in the hole, said plug having a retaining collar at one end and a hose coupling member at the inlet end, an opening at one side within the base, passages from the top of the base, opening transversely to and against the plug interiorly,

nozzles mounted upon the base to connect my hand in the presence of two subscribing independently With thel interior passages, witnesses. said plug bein@ turnable to connect its transf verse opening ivith either of the nozzlesLand FRANK G' WOUD exterior stops limiting the rotation of the Witnesses: plug to register with either nozzle opening. J oHN H. HERRING,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set lV. W. HEALEY.

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- Washington, D. C. 

